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Inside Clean Energy: How Should We Account for Emerging Technologies in the Push for Net-Zero?

As COP26 unfolds, the new U.S. plan for net-zero emissions includes carbon capture and carbon removal.

By Dan Gearino

The Climeworks direct air capture plant, which draws in ambient air and releases it largely cleaned of CO2, at the Hellisheidi power plant near Reykjavik on October 11, 2021. Credit: Halldor Kolbeins/AFP via Getty Images
The Des Moines City Council unanimously voted this week in favor of a resolution that sets a goal of reaching 24/7 carbon-free electricity by 2035. Credit: Steve Pope/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Des Moines Just Set a New Bar for City Clean Energy Goals

By Dan Gearino

Solar photovoltaic power plant farm installation on Long Island, New York. Ohio now ranks 28th in the country in installed solar capacity, but ranks 14th in projected new capacity coming online in the next five years. Credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Solar Boom Arrives in Ohio

By Dan Gearino

A pigeon flies over an ExxonMobil gas station on Oct. 25, 2018 in Gutenberg, New Jersey. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Exxon Pledges to Reduce Emissions, but the Details Suggest Nothing Has Changed

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Stalks of corn are seen near York, Nebraska. The state is steadily increasing its use of renewable energy, helped by strong winds. Credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Energy Transition Comes to Nebraska

By Dan Gearino

Occidental Petroleum announced on Tuesday that it will reach net-zero emissions for all the oil and gas it produces by mid-century. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Two U.S. Oil Companies Join Their European Counterparts in Making Net-Zero Pledges

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Demonstrators hold banners during a rally near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Dec. 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming. Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images

No Matter Who Wins, the US Exits the Paris Climate Accord the Day After the Election

By Bob Berwyn

Steel is produced at ArcelorMittal Gent on Sept. 5, 2007 in Ghent, Belgium. Credit: Mark Renders/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: A Steel Giant Joins a Growing List of Companies Aiming for Net-Zero by 2050

By Dan Gearino

One of the smokestacks at the Gavin power plant in Cheshire, Ohio, which is now owned by Lightstone Generation LLC, an independent power producer. It continues to operate while many others have closed or are scheduled to close as utilities announce plans

Inside Clean Energy: Net Zero by 2050 Has Quickly Become the New Normal for the Largest U.S. Utilities

By Dan Gearino

Aerial view of a wind-solar hybrid photovoltaic power station on September 12, 2020 in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province of China. Credit: Li Zongxian/VCG via Getty Images

Get to Net-Zero by Mid-Century? Even Some Global Oil and Gas Giants Think it Can Be Done

By Dan Gearino

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Google I/O 2017 Conference on May 17, 2017 in Mountain View, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Google Ups the Ante With a 24/7 Carbon-Free Pledge. What Does That Mean?

By Dan Gearino

Joe Biden listens to a question from the media after delivering a speech at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center, on July 28, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Credit: Mark Makela/Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: Biden’s Climate Plan Shows Net Zero is Now Mainstream

By Dan Gearino

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